Famous Deaths In January - 02

0017  On January - 02 publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies   

1512  Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on January - 02.   

1514  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on this day in history.   

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1685  On January - 02 death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)   

1694  Death of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) on January - 02.   

1726  On January - 02 domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37   

1740  On January - 02 johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63   

1763  On January - 02 john Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72   

1780  On this day in history johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66   

1789  Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies   

1801  Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 on January - 02.   

1803  On this day in history ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69   

1861  Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on January - 02.   

1863  Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on this day in history.   

1892  On January - 02 george B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90   

1893  Death of John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history james Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82   

1913  On January - 02 leon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57   

1915  On this day in history karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84   

1917  Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on January - 02.   

1918  On this day in history sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42   

1921  Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1923  On January - 02 death of sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK   

1924  On January - 02 death of sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834)   

1929  Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history death of sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862)   

1937  Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1939  On January - 02 death of roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864)   

1941  On January - 02 mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42   

1945  Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies   

1950  On January - 02 emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65   

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1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.   

1647  Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) was born on January - 02.   

1699  On this day in history birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)   

1713  Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) was born on January - 02.   

1719  On this day in history birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)   

1727  On January - 02 birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)   

1728  On January - 02 birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium   

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on January - 02.